Mallory’s transition into walking seemed to start slowly. We first heard from daycare that she had taken a few steps. Of course that meant that we went home and tried to get her to walk… and of course that mean that she wouldn’t. It wasn’t until a week or so later that she actually took a few steps for us. Just a couple at first. As she got better, she still seemed to prefer crawling as her primary mode of transportation. I had a trip coming up to London in June though, so I was just happy that I was there when she did walk. I had been on a trip to London in May and worried that I would miss it.

It was while I was in London (the second time) though when she figured out that if she walked, she could carry stuff much easier. So when I came home on the 21st, she was walking everywhere. Prior to that, I had only seen her go 12 steps. Now it was like “watch me dad, I can pick up this book, walk over here put it down, turn around…”. As long as she didn’t have something to get over, she was doing pretty good.

I’d have to say that she’s gotten pretty good at it now. Getting up is a breeze. Picking things up while standing is a breeze. It’s an amazing feeling to pick her up from daycare. Most days I walk in and she’s sitting with her classmates and the teacher. When she sees me, you can almost see her saying “ok… times up here… Dad’s here and I’m out!” She drops what she’s doing and just starts walking over.

We’ve made it to the point where we find ourselves chasing her around the house… If they aren’t up already, I’m sure we’ll load some walking video soon… It’s getting about time to think about number three!